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March 03 2011

A photograph inside a temple hall showing a procession with a decorated palanquin carrying a seated deity murti draped in white and garlanded with red and pink flowers. Several men in orange and saffron robes with gold borders stand beside and behind the palanquin, some holding ritual staffs. The man in the centre wears a gold-trimmed orange shawl, gold necklaces and a headband, and holds a silver staff. A bearded man on the right in orange with rudraksha beads joins his palms in greeting. Men in white dhotis and shawls stand nearby, and a shirtless man at left holds his hands together. Ceremonial red and gold cloth hangs overhead and a bell is visible at top right. A figure at the centre wears saffron with gold necklaces and a crown-like headpiece, and appears to be carrying a silver staff; the appearance of this figure does not clearly match the page's a person claim, so identity is unsure.

June 03 2015

A puja inside a plain room with a cream wall, a white wall-mounted air conditioner and red curtains. A standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and angavastram, wearing a white flower garland, has a sandalwood mark on his forehead and his palms pressed together in reverence. Beside him a shaved-headed man in orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala kneels on a red patterned rug, holding a silver bowl over a deity murti dressed in a red cloth and decorated with a multicoloured flower garland. The deity sits on a gold-framed throne draped with a multicoloured floral garland. Brass oil lamps stand nearby, one flame burning on a tray, and a woman in white kneels at the lower right edge of the frame.

May 07 2017

Photograph inside a temple hall during a procession ritual. On the left, a priest with a shaved head and orange-saffron cloth raises his hands in salutation beside a decorated palanquin draped with white and pink garlands and red flowers, while a lamp flame burns near the deity murti. A bearded man with long hair wears a saffron robe, rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, and a man in saffron with folded hands stands at right. A tall figure in red-brown robes holds a silver staff and wears a crown-like headband and gold garlands. A gold-trimmed golden palanquin base is visible. Several men in white dhotis stand in the background.

A photograph of a temple abhishekam at night. In the centre, a man in orange saffron robes with long curly hair and a rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp with a flame above a dark black shivalinga on a stone yoni pedestal. Behind him on the right, a large deity murti is adorned with yellow and orange garlands and a red-and-gold silk cloth. On the left, a man in orange robes stands with hands folded in anjali, another in orange sits playing a silver vessel, and a bald man in orange sits near a white marble statue. A younger orange-robed attendant stands behind the lingam. The walls are carved stone with floral garlands and purple flowers draped across the deity.

A man with long, dark, swept-back hair and a beard stands bare-chested, wearing a rust-orange wrap and gold-tone armlets, a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads. He holds a lit brass oil lamp (deepam) with a long handle toward a decorated deity murti dressed in red and gold silks, adorned with heavy garlands of yellow, red, white and purple flowers. A brass kalasha-topped lamp stands nearby, and a golden peetha throne frames the scene against a painted backdrop of green hills and a temple tower. Aarti is being performed in a temple-like shrine setting.

January 02 2010

2010-01-02 +1 copies

December 14 2016

Inside a temple shrine, several devotees in saffron-orange robes stand before a large decorated deity murti seated on a throne. The murti wears a yellow and red sari, a crown and gold jewellery, and is draped in garlands of yellow, red, green and white flowers. In front, a central figure with long black hair and a red-brown cloth holds a kalasha and an offering, while another devotee in a saffron wrap and turban stands beside him. Brass oil lamps with lit flames sit on the stone floor, along with small purple-clad figurines on a silver stand and a plate of flowers and leaves. A crescent moon ornament appears on the murti's crown. This is a puja scene.